TV Review: V S01E06 When Soldiers Attack...Weakly.

"Heretic's Fork" was a mixed bag of startling revelations and blown expectations.

Summary: Erica, Father Jack and Hobbes realize the Vs know the names of the Fifth Column members; Ryan makes a revelation to Val; Chad begins the process to have his aneurysm removed.
The Resistance tries to get information from the sniper who killed their informant by "any means necessary". This including a torture device called the "Heretics Fork" which is where the title comes from. Ana decides that the hybrid baby is the biggest threat to their species since "ProActiv" and awakens a soldier to destroy it. The release of the Super Soldier is set up as a whopping deal. Frankly, other than the skinny guy's "lizard-vision" and taking some bullets he didn't do much. Contrast this with Alien Nation when the guy turned into a hulking beast. Still, having a hundred of these guys on your tail would be a bad thing.

The characters are going through some interesting emotional struggles. Father Jack has to turn a blind eye to Hobbes' torturing. Ryan tells Valerie he's a lizard in Negro clothing and the impact of that decision was more bigger than I thought. Erica's son is accepted to the Visitor "LiveAboard" program which pressures her to tell him the truth about the Visitors.

*** Spoiler Recap ***

Chad goes to Father Jack looking for information about the 5th Column, but it turns out he's setting a trap for the Resistance. I figured Chad was an idiot, but not a weasel.

Valerie "Dear John's" Ryan for lying to her about the hybrid baby that she's now forced to carry to term.I never saw it coming, but my wife said if I ever impregnated her with an alien baby she'd do the same thing. Good to know.

Ana's daughter Lisa is showing signs of independence as she tries to talk Tyler out of going onto the ships. Tyler decides to do it anyway. "Aliens before Hos" I guess.

Hobbes tells the others he's going to take their prisoner to a secret prison, but takes him to the woods with a shovel to torture him to death. Can they really trust his amoral nature?

Dr. Leah Pearlman has an injection that can block the human tracking R6 which bodes well for the future of the human race.